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NDTV
7 days ago
- Politics
- NDTV
The End Is Near? Top Psychics Reveal Shocking Predictions For 2025
Four renowned psychics-Baba Vanga, Nostradamus, Athos Salome, and Nicolas Aujula-have all predicted troubling events in 2025, warning of global chaos. Baba Vanga foresaw devastating earthquakes linked to climate change and a war in Europe marking the start of "humanity's downfall". Nostradamus, in Les Propheties, predicted a cruel war involving the UK, with internal and external threats, and the return of a deadly covid-like pandemic. Athos Salome and Nicolas Aujula have echoed similar concerns, suggesting major unrest ahead. These shared prophecies have raised global concern and intense discussion about what the rest of the year might hold. According to a New York Post report, Brazilian psychic Athos Salome, 38, who has been known as a living Nostradamus for predicting momentous events like Queen Elizabeth's death, also believes that WWIII is on our doorstep and that "the worst is yet to come". This conflict will be perhaps scarier than in years past, as tech and cyber warfare will become the modus operandi for 21st-century combatants. "This is not just a war of men but of machines, and in this aspect, what comes next?" lamented Salome. Another member of this apocalyptic quartet, London hypnotherapist Nicolas Aujula, 38, believes that war could break out by the middle of this year due to a "lack of compassion in the world". Based on his psychic visions, "We will see horrific acts of human evil and violence towards each other in the name of religion and nationalism." These unsettling predictions come at a time of rising global instability. Conflicts continue to escalate, with ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan and no resolution in sight for the Russo-Ukraine war. Recent geopolitical shifts-such as Sweden's NATO membership in March and Finland joining in April 2023-have significantly expanded NATO's border with Russia. Adding to the tension, Moscow recently warned the UK against forming a "coalition of the willing" in Ukraine, cautioning that such actions could trigger a nuclear World War Three. Against this backdrop, the psychics' warnings feel all the more alarming.
India Today
09-05-2025
- Politics
- India Today
What is drone warfare? A simple explainer amid India-Pakistan tensions
In the wake of rising tensions along the Indo-Pakistan border, residents in the region have witnessed drone and missile attacks from Pakistan for two consecutive nights. This escalation followed India's targeted strikes on terrorist infrastructure within Pakistan. The chain of events was triggered by a terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, where 26 tourists -- including a Nepali national -- were use of drones by Pakistan signals a shift in the nature of modern warfare, pointing towards a new era dominated by unmanned aerial this is not the first instance of drones being used in international conflict, similar tactics have been seen in the ongoing three-year-long Russo-Ukraine war and in Israel, where Iran recently launched a barrage of drone like the United States, the United Kingdom, and France have also demonstrated their drone capabilities in operations targeting terrorist networks across various regions of the too, has employed drones in recent operations, including the recently conducted Operation Sindoor and retaliatory strikes against Pakistan. Indian drones, such as the HARPY -- an Israeli-made loitering munition -- have played a significant role in these have long warned that drone warfare will increasingly shape 21st-century conflicts. As the global military landscape continues to evolve, it is becoming clear that unmanned systems are poised to dominate future the early years of the 21st century, most drone strikes were carried out by the US military in countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, and Libya, using air-to-surface missiles against ground warfare has since been adopted by countries like Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Iran, as well as by non-state actors such as the IS DRONE WARFARE?Drone warfare refers to a mode of warfare employing unmanned or remotely controlled devices. Such drones have the capability of staying in the air, on land, at sea level, or underwater. The drones may be operated by manual control, and others may utilise auto-pilot systems on their or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, is commonly known as a drone. It is the flying component of the RPAS, operated without a human pilot onboard. RPAS which establishes the communication link between them, stands for Remotely Piloted Aircraft System. It refers to a set of components that include the drone, its ground-based control nations, such as the US, UK, Israel, China, India, Russia, and Turkey, have produced combat drones, or UCAVs (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles).These are employed in targeted attacks, frequently in locations difficult to access by conventional second stage of drone application is artificial intelligence. AI drones can navigate on their own, detect targets, and even operate in "swarm" groups which were used by Pakistan to attack such as the DJI Matrice 300 are already employing AI in combat zones like Ukraine to find and lock onto threats independent of human technology advances, drones will increasingly be utilised for military and civilian OF UAVsEarlier, even in the 1960s, British Commonwealth artillery regiments started developing drones for target identification and extending their though the gadgets have advanced over time, their primary application -- surveillance and acquisition of targets -- has remained past two decades saw US set the trend world-wide with using drones for its counterterrorism action in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and Yemen with precision attacks minimising personnel was the Ukraine war that saw a turning point. Russian and Ukrainian forces both used small drones on a massive scale for real-time intelligence and direct drones, usually locally constructed, were lower in cost and more maneuverable, better capable of evading modern air defences than big drones such as the Predator or Reaper, which were rapidly 2023, small drones had evolved to accommodate multiple payloads - from infrared detectors to electronic warfare with gas and machine guns during World War I, drones are now evolving faster than the laws intended to regulate makes it imperative for military strategists and policymakers to get ahead -- not only with technology, but with ethics and regulation as United Nations defines targeted killing as the planned and deliberate use of lethal force by a state, its agents, or an armed group during conflict, aimed at a specific person who is not in their InMust Watch
Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
The Only Question Trump Asks Himself
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky is 'a dictator without elections,' with only a 4 percent approval rating. The war in Ukraine is 'madness' and 'senseless.' Although it is true that Russia is currently 'pounding' Ukraine, 'probably anyone in that position would be doing that right now.' Kyiv is 'more difficult, frankly, to deal with' than Moscow. This Russian propaganda could be easily dismissed, were it not being verbalized by President Donald Trump. I was Trump's national security adviser from 2018 to 2019; I know that his view on Putin has remained constant for years. In saying recently that dealing with Putin is easier than with Zelensky and that Putin would be 'more generous than he has to be,' Trump has simply reprised the sentiments of his first term. In July 2018, when leaving the White House for a NATO summit (where he almost withdrew America from the alliance), then later appointments with Prime Minister Theresa May in England and Putin in Finland (where he seemed to back Putin over U.S. intelligence), Trump said that his meeting with Putin 'may be the easiest of them all. Who would think?' Obviously, only Trump. But now he has turned U.S. policy on the Russo-Ukraine war 180 degrees. Instead of aiding a victimized country with enormous agricultural, mineral, and industrial resources in the heart of Europe, bordering on key NATO allies, a region whose stability and prosperity have been vital to American national security for eight decades, Trump now sides with the invader. Ukrainians are fighting and dying for their freedom and independence, as near neighbors such as Poland's Lech Walesa fully appreciate. For most Americans, 'freedom' and 'independence' resonate, but not for Trump. He has gone well beyond rhetoric. In a nationally televised display, he clashed with Zelensky face-to-face in the Oval Office, ironically a very Wilsonian act: open covenants openly destroyed. Trump suspended U.S. military aid to Ukraine, including vital intelligence, to make Zelensky bend his knee. Even when Trump 'threatened' Russia with sanctions and tariffs, the threat was hollow. Russia is already evading a broad array of poorly enforced sanctions, and could evade more. On tariffs, U.S. imports from Russia in 2024 were a mere $3 billion, down almost 90 percent from 2021's level, before Russia's invasion, and trivial compared with $4.1 trillion in total 2024 imports. [Jonathan Chait: The real reason Trump berated Zelensky] The Kremlin is delighted. Former President Dmitry Medvedev wrote on X: 'If you'd told me just three months ago that these were the words of the US president, I would have laughed out loud.' This is serious, and may be fatal for both Kyiv and NATO. Trump has sought for years to debilitate or destroy the alliance. He doesn't like it; he doesn't understand it; he frowns on its Brussels headquarters building; and, worst of all, it was deeply involved in not only Ukraine but Afghanistan, which he didn't like either. Trump may ultimately want to withdraw from NATO, but in the near term, he can do serious-enough damage simply to render the alliance unworkable. Recent reports that Trump is considering defending only those NATO allies meeting the agreed defense-spending targets mirrors prior suggestions from his aides. This approach is devastating for the alliance. What explains Trump's approach to Ukraine and disdain for NATO? Trump does not have a philosophy or a national-security grand strategy. He does not do 'policy' as Washington understands that term. His approach is personal, transactional, ad hoc, episodic, centering on one question: What benefits Donald Trump? In international affairs, Trump has suggested repeatedly that if he has good personal relations with a foreign head of state, then America ought to have good relations with that country. While personal relations have their place, hard men such as Putin, Xi Jinping, and Kim Jong Un are not distracted by emotions. Trump thinks that Putin is his friend. Putin sees Trump as an easy mark, pliable and manipulable. Trump says he trusts that Putin wants peace and will honor his commitments, despite massive contrary evidence. Notwithstanding considerable efforts, Zelensky has never escaped the 'perfect' phone call precipitating Trump's first impeachment. Of course, that call turned on Trump's now-familiar extortionist threat to withhold security assistance to Ukraine if Zelensky did not produce Hillary Clinton's server and investigate other supposed anti-Trump activity in Ukraine aimed at thwarting his 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns. [Gal Beckerman: The key mismatch between Zelensky and Trump] The entirely personal nature of Trump's approach also manifests itself domestically. Trump is now reversing what Joe Biden did in Ukraine, just as in his first term, he reflexively reversed Barack Obama. Trump derided Obama for not providing lethal military assistance to Ukraine, so he did just that, sending missiles and more. Ronald Reagan knew how to handle nations that might commit unprovoked aggression against U.S. interests. Trump clearly does not. This does not reflect differences in strategy, which Trump lacks. Instead, it's another Trump reversal, this time of The Godfather's famous line: It's not business; it's strictly personal. Article originally published at The Atlantic
Atlantic
11-03-2025
- Politics
- Atlantic
The Only Question Trump Asks Himself
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky is ' a dictator without elections,' with only a 4 percent approval rating. The war in Ukraine is ' madness ' and 'senseless.' Although it is true that Russia is currently ' pounding ' Ukraine, 'probably anyone in that position would be doing that right now.' Kyiv is 'more difficult, frankly, to deal with' than Moscow. This Russian propaganda could be easily dismissed, were it not being verbalized by President Donald Trump. I was Trump's national security adviser from 2018 to 2019; I know that his view on Putin has remained constant for years. In saying recently that dealing with Putin is easier than with Zelensky and that Putin would be 'more generous than he has to be,' Trump has simply reprised the sentiments of his first term. In July 2018, when leaving the White House for a NATO summit (where he almost withdrew America from the alliance), then later appointments with Prime Minister Theresa May in England and Putin in Finland (where he seemed to back Putin over U.S. intelligence), Trump said that his meeting with Putin 'may be the easiest of them all. Who would think?' Obviously, only Trump. But now he has turned U.S. policy on the Russo-Ukraine war 180 degrees. Instead of aiding a victimized country with enormous agricultural, mineral, and industrial resources in the heart of Europe, bordering on key NATO allies, a region whose stability and prosperity have been vital to American national security for eight decades, Trump now sides with the invader. Ukrainians are fighting and dying for their freedom and independence, as near neighbors such as Poland's Lech Walesa fully appreciate. For most Americans, 'freedom' and 'independence' resonate, but not for Trump. He has gone well beyond rhetoric. In a nationally televised display, he clashed with Zelensky face-to-face in the Oval Office, ironically a very Wilsonian act: open covenants openly destroyed. Trump suspended U.S. military aid to Ukraine, including vital intelligence, to make Zelensky bend his knee. Even when Trump 'threatened' Russia with sanctions and tariffs, the threat was hollow. Russia is already evading a broad array of poorly enforced sanctions, and could evade more. On tariffs, U.S. imports from Russia in 2024 were a mere $3 billion, down almost 90 percent from 2021's level, before Russia's invasion, and trivial compared with $4.1 trillion in total 2024 imports. Jonathan Chait: The real reason Trump berated Zelensky The Kremlin is delighted. Former President Dmitry Medvedev wrote on X: 'If you'd told me just three months ago that these were the words of the US president, I would have laughed out loud.' This is serious, and may be fatal for both Kyiv and NATO. Trump has sought for years to debilitate or destroy the alliance. He doesn't like it; he doesn't understand it; he frowns on its Brussels headquarters building; and, worst of all, it was deeply involved in not only Ukraine but Afghanistan, which he didn't like either. Trump may ultimately want to withdraw from NATO, but in the near term, he can do serious-enough damage simply to render the alliance unworkable. Recent reports that Trump is considering defending only those NATO allies meeting the agreed defense-spending targets mirrors prior suggestions from his aides. This approach is devastating for the alliance. What explains Trump's approach to Ukraine and disdain for NATO? Trump does not have a philosophy or a national-security grand strategy. He does not do 'policy' as Washington understands that term. His approach is personal, transactional, ad hoc, episodic, centering on one question: What benefits Donald Trump? In international affairs, Trump has suggested repeatedly that if he has good personal relations with a foreign head of state, then America ought to have good relations with that country. While personal relations have their place, hard men such as Putin, Xi Jinping, and Kim Jong Un are not distracted by emotions. Trump thinks that Putin is his friend. Putin sees Trump as an easy mark, pliable and manipulable. Trump says he trusts that Putin wants peace and will honor his commitments, despite massive contrary evidence. Notwithstanding considerable efforts, Zelensky has never escaped the 'perfect' phone call precipitating Trump's first impeachment. Of course, that call turned on Trump's now-familiar extortionist threat to withhold security assistance to Ukraine if Zelensky did not produce Hillary Clinton's server and investigate other supposed anti-Trump activity in Ukraine aimed at thwarting his 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns. Gal Beckerman: The key mismatch between Zelensky and Trump The entirely personal nature of Trump's approach also manifests itself domestically. Trump is now reversing what Joe Biden did in Ukraine, just as in his first term, he reflexively reversed Barack Obama. Trump derided Obama for not providing lethal military assistance to Ukraine, so he did just that, sending missiles and more. Ronald Reagan knew how to handle nations that might commit unprovoked aggression against U.S. interests. Trump clearly does not. This does not reflect differences in strategy, which Trump lacks. Instead, it's another Trump reversal, this time of The Godfather 's famous line: .
Observer
02-03-2025
- Business
- Observer
A strategic perspective on global conflict, commerce
The international armed conflicts across Europe and the Middle East have had devastating impacts on all the countries at war and repercussions of the domino effect on countries both far and near. Human suffering is incomprehensible, with extensive causalities and displacement. But the pen can bring the naked truth to the forefront and paint the narrative of reconstruction and the long-term implications of war for business and the world. To date, 500,000 Ukrainians and Russian military personnel have been killed and wounded, with over 40,000 civilian casualties. February 24, 2022, marked the start of Russia's full-scale war of Ukraine, triggering a seismic shift in the global business landscape. From disrupted supply chains to volatile energy markets, these conflicts present challenges and opportunities for businesses across sectors, demanding strategic adaptation and innovative solutions. Both the Russo-Ukraine and Israel-Palestine wars are having far-reaching consequences for the rest of the world. Alterations in trade flows, economic structures and established international trade systems have occurred because of the ongoing conflicts in Europe and the Middle East. The reverberations of the conflict between Palestine and Israel are felt in the tourism, trade, investment and financial sectors of Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon. Disruptions due to the global supply chain are experienced when vessels in the Red Sea are attacked. Many countries have also altered their trade policies towards self-sufficiency and regionalism and are slowly shifting towards de-globalisation to protect themselves from external shocks. Alternative transportation modes have gained preference, such as rail freight between Asia and Europe, which benefit companies like Deutsche Bahn and Russian Railways but also impact business transit costs and timelines. The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has also significantly impacted trade and investment. It has affected the automotive and hospitality industry in the European region. According to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), global trade volumes in goods and services have declined by 3.4 per cent. Energy prices have increased by 100 per cent and commodities by 8 per cent. One-third of the international wheat exports and half of the sunflower oil exports were disrupted due to the war. The exports of materials like palladium and nickel, essential for automotive manufacturing, have also been disrupted, affecting European manufacturers. Sanctions imposed on these countries by other countries have caused damage to transport links, further straining supply chains and resulting in essential inputs being affected worldwide. Russia has reoriented its trade in response to sanctions and economic pressures. It has shifted from advanced countries to emerging countries like India, China and Türkiye. Russia is more dependent on trade with non-sanction countries and redirecting energy exports to new markets at a discounted price compared to global benchmarks. European countries that were earlier dependent on Russian supplies have also altered trade routes, though they come with increased cost and supply challenges. Middle Eastern countries, such as Qatar, Oman, and Kuwait; and North African Countries, like Algeria, have increased their energy exports to the European Union. The situation in Europe and the Middle East suggests tension and instability. The humanitarian situation is critical, with millions in need of assistance. The escalating tensions between these countries complicate the geopolitical implications for international trade. Wars are having a ripple effect on global economic confidence and investment. The situation threatens to exacerbate global inflationary pressures. The disruptions in food production and exports have contributed to the worldwide food crisis. The writer is an assistant professor at the marketing and management department of the College of Banking and Financial Studies in Muscat.
